There’s No trusting to the Fair Words of Those that have both an
Interest, and an Inclination to Destroy us; Especially when the Design is
carry’d on under the Masque of a Friendly Office. It is but reasonable
to Oppose Art to Art, and where we suspect False Play, to Encounter One
Trick with another: Provided always that it be Manag’d without breach of
Faith, and within the Compass of Honour, Honesty, and Good Manners. The
_Wolf_ had the same Design upon the _Asse_, that the _Lion_ had upon the
_Horse_; and the matter being brought to a Trial of Skill between them,
the Countermine was only an Act of Self-Preservation.